There has been a film made of this novel and I decided to check out Ishiguro’s first novel before seeing the film. Etsuko is a Japanese woman living in England. One of her daughters has committed suicide. 
The story moves back to 1952 when Etsuko lived in Nagasaki, a city still recovering from the horrific bombing that ended World War 2. That summer Etsuko was expecting her first child with her husband Jiro and she forms a friendship with Sachiko, a woman with a young daughter. Sachiko was living in poverty in a rundown house nearby although she says she comes from a wealthy family. She is neglectful of her daughter who appears to have some emotional issues. Etsuko offers to help but Sachiko insists she has everything under control. It’s a good story about motherhood and guilt with a surprise ending that I read twice because I was not sure I understood what had happened.
The story moves back to 1952 when Etsuko lived in Nagasaki, a city still recovering from the horrific bombing that ended World War 2. That summer Etsuko was expecting her first child with her husband Jiro and she forms a friendship with Sachiko, a woman with a young daughter. Sachiko was living in poverty in a rundown house nearby although she says she comes from a wealthy family. She is neglectful of her daughter who appears to have some emotional issues. Etsuko offers to help but Sachiko insists she has everything under control. It’s a good story about motherhood and guilt with a surprise ending that I read twice because I was not sure I understood what had happened.
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